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8th Ward of New Orleans

Index 8th Ward of New Orleans

The 8th Ward is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]

18 relations: Downtown New Orleans, Drainage in New Orleans, Elysian Fields Avenue, Faubourg Marigny, Lake Pontchartrain, Levee, Louisiana Creole people, Louisiana State Senate, Milneburg, Mississippi River, New Orleans, Pontchartrain Railroad, Rail transport, Theodore M. Hickey, University of New Orleans, Wards of New Orleans, 7th Ward of New Orleans, 9th Ward of New Orleans.

Downtown New Orleans

In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver (roughly northeast) from Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg Marigny, Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods.

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Drainage in New Orleans

Drainage in New Orleans, Louisiana, has been a major concern since the founding of the city in the early 18th century, remaining an important factor in the history of New Orleans today.

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Elysian Fields Avenue

Elysian Fields Avenue is a broad, straight avenue in New Orleans named after the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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Faubourg Marigny

Faubourg Marigny (sometimes called The Marigny) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. Its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are North Rampart Street and St. Claude Avenue to the north, Press Street to the east, the Mississippi River to the south, and Esplanade Avenue to the west.

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Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain (Lac Pontchartrain) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.

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Levee

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Louisiana Creole people

Louisiana Creole people (Créoles de Louisiane, Gente de Louisiana Creole), are persons descended from the inhabitants of colonial Louisiana during the period of both French and Spanish rule.

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Louisiana State Senate

The Louisiana State Senate (French: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana.

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Milneburg

Milneburg was a town on the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana that was absorbed into the city of New Orleans.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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Pontchartrain Railroad

Pontchartrain Rail-Road was the first railway in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Theodore M. Hickey

Theodore M. Hickey, known as Ted Hickey (July 8, 1910 – July 21, 1993), was a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from the 8th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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University of New Orleans

The University of New Orleans, often referred to locally as UNO, is a medium-sized, metropolitan, public research university located on the New Orleans lakefront within New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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Wards of New Orleans

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana, is divided into 17 wards.

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7th Ward of New Orleans

The 7th Ward is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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9th Ward of New Orleans

The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Ward_of_New_Orleans

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